Good point, well articulated.

However, I think you missed the intent of my post. Maybe going after flight schools with a vengeful attitude is not a correct response. They are businesses that have to use effective marketing to keep themselves running. However, countering propaganda with education, real opinions and perspectives might help.

Now that I am here, I feel a little guilty myself. I point to myself as one of the reasons that many pilots have to make large sacrifices and face major uncertainties for slim rewarding prospects. I fell for the propaganda. I fell for the "pay your dues" attitude. I spent way too much on flight training because I fell for the idea that certain schools provided a better quality training product than others (my family did too).

I would like to apologize to the rest of the professional pilot community for my mistake. I kind of feel like the only logical action at this point would be to cut my loses and jump off the boat. But i got nothing to jump into. I think that is a similar scenario that many people find themselves in. If you have kids, a mortgage and your family requires two incomes, you may feel even more stuck in the current situation. So in that perspective, it doesn't look so bleak to me. I can still make major changes and keep my overpriced hobby. I think that doing so will be for the greater good.